by Darren Paltrowitz | Dec 16, 2016 | Culture, Music
Earlier this week, the 2016 Epiphone Revolver Music Awards took place in the East Village’s Webster Hall. Notable attendees included Walking Dead star Norman Reedus, Orange Is The New Black actress Jessica Pimentel, celebrity chef Chris Santos, KISS co-founder...
by Downtown Magazine | Dec 14, 2016 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
Matt Sorum holds the distinction of being the drummer in “one of the coolest rock bands out there” in three different decades. In the 1980s, Matt drummed for The Cult, which led him to joining Guns N’ Roses in the early 1990s. In the 2000s, Matt formed Velvet Revolver...
by Downtown Magazine | Dec 13, 2016 | Culture, Music
SSHH may be a relatively-new band, but its members — guitarist Zak Starkey and vocalist Sshh Liguz — are not so new to the music scene. Sshh began recording with Zak around a decade ago under the name PENGUINS. Beyond that collaborating with Sshh, Zak has...
by Downtown Magazine | Dec 12, 2016 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
As a successful musician for decades, Steve Stevens has a lot of claims to fame. As Billy Idol’s long-time guitarist, he co-wrote most of the Idol anthems still regularly heard around the world. He won a Grammy for his work on the “Top Gun Anthem”...
by Downtown Magazine | Dec 9, 2016 | Culture, Entertainment, Events, Living, Music
Downtown had the pleasure of interviewing Guitar Mash’s musical director Mark Stewart to preview last year’s event at City Winery. After hearing how well the event did, and that the 5th Annual edition of Guitar Mash was booked for a Dec. 11 return to City...
by Downtown Magazine | Dec 8, 2016 | Book Club, Culture, Movies
Formed by award-winning producers Tonya Lewis Lee and Nikki Silver, the New York City-based ToniK Productions creates, develops and produces films and television programming. ToniK’s 2013 production The Watsons Go To Birmingham – 1963 was adapted from the...
